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2010 Grants
The following is a listing of grants approved by the Lyle S. Hallman Foundation in 2010
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Waterloo Region
Future Vision Ministries (Canada)
KidsAbility, Centre for Child Development
Kitchener- Waterloo Young Men's Christian Association
Kitchener-Waterloo Counselling Services Incorporated
Kitchener-Waterloo Extend-A-Family Association
Margaret & Wallace McCain Family Foundation
Young Women's Christian Association-Cambridge
The Sage Centre (Capacity Waterloo Region)
Mosaic Family Counselling Centre
United Way of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area
Women's Crisis Services of Waterloo Region (WCSWR)
The Waterloo Region Record - Lyle S. Hallman Foundation Kids to Camp Fund
Grant Descriptions
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Waterloo Region
Engaging the Townships
$20,000
A grant to conduct research in the townships on how to best engage and partner with community service providers to deliver Big Brother Big Sisters programs.
Future Vision Ministries (Canada)
Get Ready For School Program
$29,204 (2 year grant)
This project will equip 25 children in 2011 and 25 children in 2012 with very early pre-literacy skills and school readiness behaviours in the area of Cambridge North.
KidsAbility, Centre for Child Development
Waterloo Region Baby Literacy Initiative
$74,000 (3 year grant)
Community organizations, through collaborative efforts, motivate and support parents through training and use of a literacy toolkit to facilitate early literacy skill development starting in the first year of their child's life.
Kitchener- Waterloo Young Men's Christian Association
Virtual YMCA
$32,995
The Virtual YMCA is a literacy-based program focusing on academic support and social growth for children in grades SK-5 living in under-serviced neighbourhoods with limited access to resources, programs, services, and transportation.
Kitchener-Waterloo Counselling Services Incorporated
Strengthening our Community: Child and Family Project
$170,000 (2 year grant)
This project expands the success of STEAM (Skills and Tools for Emotion Awareness and Management) to its 4 and 5 year old early learners, their parents and schools, along with a universal media campaign to support all adults in raising healthy children.
Kitchener-Waterloo Extend-A-Family Association
Autism Services Waterloo Region
$140,000 (2 year grant)
This grant will enable the organization to continue its collaborative efforts to create a recognizable, accessible website for families with an autistic child and will help to build the capacity of families and enhance social networks.
KWS 3-year School Concert Program Cycle
40,000 (2 year grant)
The KWS was seeking funding to develop two new education programs to complete its three-year School Concert Program cycle which is delivered free of charge to elementary schools across Waterloo Region and beyond.
Margaret & Wallace McCain Family Foundation
$25,000
Early Years Study 3 will fill a void and be a resource for those who make policy change, those who implement it, those who monitor and influence it from outside government, those who invest in it and those who practice it.
Young Women's Christian Association-Cambridge
Roots of Empathy (ROE)
$51,700 (2 year grant)
Roots of Empathy is an evidence-based classroom program (K-8) that has shown a dramatic effect in reducing levels of aggression and violence among school children while raising social/emotional competence and increasing empathy.
Building Bridges to Success: Creating Links to Post-Secondary Education
$425,000 (5 year grant)
Building Bridges to Success will offer Waterloo Region high school students from at-risk communities the opportunity to earn a university credit within a supportive environment. This pilot project will help enhance the confidence, study skills and career success of marginalized students, and encourage them to pursue a post-secondary education.
The Sage Centre (Capacity Waterloo Region)
Advancing Mission through Technology & Innovation
$100,000 (2 year grant)
Capacity Waterloo Region will promote strategic planning related to technology through workshops and small group training on technology and innovation for the non-profit sector in Waterloo Region.
Mosaic Family Counselling Centre
From Building Up to Building In
$65,000 (2 year grant)
This project supports a plan of excellence and innovation for Waterloo Region's Family Violence Program (FVP) that develops on the success of the past four years to strengthen the foundation of the collaborative by building the infra/structure.
United Way of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area
Waterloo Region Resiliency Initiative
$25,000
The Resiliency Initiative is a partnership among 11 funders to enhance the resiliency and effectiveness of the nonprofit sector through shared learning and resource allocation for new strategic partnerships.
Psychiatric Outreach Project
$65,000 (2 year grant)
The Psychiatric Outreach Project (POP) provides access to psychiatric medical supports in an outreach model for those at risk of homelessness in K-W. This project helps to create a sustainable model for bridging the homeless with the medical system.
Women's Crisis Services of Waterloo Region (WCSWR)
Rebuild Anselma House/Indoor Children's Play Area
$75,000
A capital grant used for the construction of the indoor children's play area at the new Anselma House shelter.
Cambridge & North Dumfries Community Foundation and
The Kitchener Waterloo Community Foundation
The Waterloo Region Record - Lyle S. Hallman Foundation Kids to Camp Fund
$90,000 (3 year extension)
The Kids to Camp Fund is used to provide financial support to organizations providing a camping experience to ensure that children from financially challenged families have the opportunity to participate in a camping experience.